Choosing Between Everyday Options

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Practice level

A2. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.

Question formats

Single choice

How to approach this practice

Read the complete context. Check both the meaning and the grammar, including word forms, collocations and links between sentences.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. These shoes are too tight. I need a … size.

   1. large than
   2. more larger
   3. largest
   4. larger
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   Answer

   larger

   A larger size compares the new size with the tight one.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. There are only … eggs left: three, in fact.

   1. a little
   2. an
   3. much
   4. a few
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   Answer

   a few

   A few quantifies a small number of countable eggs.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. This coat is not warm … for a snowy day.

   1. enough
   2. much than
   3. too
   4. very of
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   Answer

   enough

   Enough follows an adjective to express sufficient degree.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. I'd … walk than wait twenty minutes for a bus.

   1. prefer to
   2. rather
   3. like to
   4. better to
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   Answer

   rather

   Would rather takes a base verb and a comparison with than.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. The blue bottle costs £2; the green one costs £4. The blue one is ….

   1. the same price
   2. as expensive
   3. more expensive
   4. cheaper
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   Answer

   cheaper

   The stated prices make the blue bottle cheaper.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. We haven't got … bread, so let's buy a loaf.

   1. a few
   2. any
   3. an
   4. many
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   Answer

   any

   Any fits a negative clause with uncountable bread.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. This bag is … heavy for the child to carry.

   1. many
   2. too
   3. enough
   4. a few
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   Answer

   too

   Too before an adjective means more than is manageable.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. Which bus is …, the express or the local?

   1. faster
   2. fastest
   3. fast
   4. more fastest
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   Answer

   faster

   Comparing two services requires faster.

9. Question 9 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. I prefer tea … coffee in the evening.

   1. as
   2. to
   3. than
   4. from
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   Answer

   to

   Prefer one thing to another is the standard pattern.

10. Question 10 · Single choice

    Choose one answer.

    Choose the best completion or reply. We need milk and apples. Let's write a shopping ….

    1. receipt
    2. list
    3. bill paid
    4. menu
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    Answer

    list

    A shopping list records the items to buy.

What to review next

Explain why each answer fits the meaning and structure. Record useful phrases and write a new example using each pattern you found difficult.

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